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Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Four

12th February 2025 Going Postal 2171 Comments

Wednesday 1st January 2025 – At Sea As usual, I was awake just after six, as seems to be the habit this cruise. I lay in bed for a bit and messaged “Happy New Year” [more…]

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Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Three

5th February 2025 Going Postal 2855 Comments

Saturday 28th December – Antigua (mid-cruise changeover day) I really don’t know why, but as usual, I woke just after six a.m. as it was just getting light, and we were heading into port. It [more…]

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Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Two

29th January 2025 Going Postal 2752 Comments

Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve) – St Kitts Breakfast today was in the MDR as my excursion wasn’t due to leave until 09:30 I was in no hurry. Once again it was a sharing table [more…]

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Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part One

22nd January 2025 Going Postal 3129 Comments

Friday 20th December – Home to Barbados My alarm woke me at five, and I got up immediately—no lie-in, as I would probably go back to sleep, and that could be a disaster. Shave, shower, [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-Five

27th October 2024 Going Postal 2603 Comments

Monday Good morning from a wet and cold Downing Street where it’s a really horrible Monday morning and the window cleaner is busy washing the windows! An opinion poll out this morning shows that if [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Four

7th February 2024 Going Postal 2480 Comments

Day 10 – 31st December – New Year’s Eve and it’s still Antigua I didn’t expect to be in beautiful Antigua again today, but I can think of worse places to be. It’s another lovely [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Three

31st January 2024 Going Postal 2070 Comments

26th December – Boxing Day, La Romana, Dominican Republic I have only visited the Dominican Republic once before, when I stayed in an all-inclusive hotel in Puerto Plata many years ago and enjoyed it. Puerto [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Two

24th January 2024 Going Postal 2054 Comments

Day 1 – 22nd December, Gatwick to Bridgetown Barbados My alarm woke me at 05:00. In no rush to get up, I lay there for 15 minutes before struggling out of bed. I showered and [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part One

17th January 2024 Going Postal 2240 Comments

This year I’m only off for two weeks, but as I’m flying to pick up the ship in Barbados, so it is a full two weeks in the sun. As a single passenger I must [more…]

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